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Senate Bill S4015
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) 36th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2017-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4015 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees or any costs for the actual defense when under federal criminal indictment. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 14-130 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 that prohibits the use of campaign funds when under federal criminal indictment. JUSTIFICATION : The contrast between the state Board of Elections and the Federal Elections Committee (FEC), when defining "personal use" is stark. The FEC provides a listing of prohibited actions. New York law is much vaguer. New York's election law has been called one of the most lax in the nation. The state Board of Elections is charged with interpreting election law. In recent decades, the Board has adopted an extremely broad view
2017-S4015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4015 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 14-130 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 7. NO CAMPAIGN FUNDS SHALL BE USED TO PAY ATTORNEY'S FEES OR ANY COSTS FOR THE ACTUAL DEFENSE OF A CANDIDATE, PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICIAL, MEMBERS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR DOMESTIC PARTNER UNDER FEDERAL CRIMINAL INDICTMENT. SUCH FUNDS MAY ONLY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR COSTS RELATED TO CIVIL ACTIONS INSTITUTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the state board of elections shall notify all registered campaign committees of the applicable provisions of this act within thirty days after this act shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08788-01-7
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